Question
The Bean Eaters
by Gwendolyn Brooks
They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.
Dinner is a casual affair.
Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,
Tin flatware.
5 Two who are Mostly Good.
Two who have lived their day,
But keep on putting on their clothes
And putting things away.
10 And remembering . . .
Remembering, with twinklings and twinges,
As they lean over the beans in their rented back room that is full of beads and receipts and dolls and
cloths, tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.
Reprinted by consent of Brooks Permissions.
Which statement is the best analysis of the author’s use of visual elements?
A. The author uses line breaks in the first stanza to contrast the couple’s poverty with their love.
B. The author uses a two-word line in the first stanza and again in the last to emphasize the couple’s age.
C. The author varies the length of lines and stanzas to emphasize the predictability of the couple’s life.
D. The author uses longer lines in the final stanza to mirror the accumulation of things in the couple’s home.
by Gwendolyn Brooks
They eat beans mostly, this old yellow pair.
Dinner is a casual affair.
Plain chipware on a plain and creaking wood,
Tin flatware.
5 Two who are Mostly Good.
Two who have lived their day,
But keep on putting on their clothes
And putting things away.
10 And remembering . . .
Remembering, with twinklings and twinges,
As they lean over the beans in their rented back room that is full of beads and receipts and dolls and
cloths, tobacco crumbs, vases and fringes.
Reprinted by consent of Brooks Permissions.
Which statement is the best analysis of the author’s use of visual elements?
A. The author uses line breaks in the first stanza to contrast the couple’s poverty with their love.
B. The author uses a two-word line in the first stanza and again in the last to emphasize the couple’s age.
C. The author varies the length of lines and stanzas to emphasize the predictability of the couple’s life.
D. The author uses longer lines in the final stanza to mirror the accumulation of things in the couple’s home.
Answers
GPT-4o mini
The best analysis of the author’s use of visual elements is:
C. The author varies the length of lines and stanzas to emphasize the predictability of the couple’s life.
This statement captures how the poem's structure reflects the routine and monotony of the couple's everyday life, as they engage in a simple and repetitive act of eating beans and going through their day.
C. The author varies the length of lines and stanzas to emphasize the predictability of the couple’s life.
This statement captures how the poem's structure reflects the routine and monotony of the couple's everyday life, as they engage in a simple and repetitive act of eating beans and going through their day.